But there’s still another way to virtually explore most of the solar system a la Google Maps ... allows you to zoom over the surface of the Earth like you can in regular Google Maps, except ...

The NSF Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope has achieved a significant breakthrough by mapping the magnetic field in the solar ...

All of that, plus fuel, means the spacecraft tips the scales at approximately 13,000 lbs., which requires a bruiser of a ...

For the first time, NASA is journeying to this mysterious moon to determine if it might be able to host alien life.

Beyond our solar system, countless alien worlds of lava, ice, water and noxious gas swirl through the cosmos. Here are some ...

In about five billion years, our Sun will exit its main sequence phase and transition to its red giant phase. At this point, ...

A distant star system offers hope that our planet will keep spinning, even after the Sun expands into a red giant.

A rocky exoplanet located 4,000 light years away provides a possible preview of the Sun and Earth's fate 8 billion of years ...

Astronomers have found an Earth-like exoplanet orbiting a distant white dwarf, shedding light on the possible future of our own planet. Although the exoplanet may no longer be habitable, its survival ...

What will happen to Earth when our Sun burns out? A newly discovered planetary system 4,000 light-years away might hold the ...

The team that studied this event identified an Earth-like exoplanet and an object 17 times larger than Jupiter (most likely a ...